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reativity leads to new ideas, new information, new hobbies, new interests, and so much more! Allowing our children to make messes, try new things, and let go of perfectionism can help foster a life long love of learning. It can help our children develop skills and talents they may not otherwise have known they possessed. And, most importantly, it can help our children become the unique people God intends them to be.

Here are ten simple ways to spark your kids’ creativity. Use these as jumping-off points for coming up with your own ideas or use them just as they are. So get creative thinking of ways to encourage creativity in your children!

Your kids can create a cell model with anything from a huge cookie (with candies to represent the parts of the cell) to Legos.

Learn how and why bubbles work. Try various recipes and see if you can improve on them. Try them in different temperatures and with all kinds of bubble wands. Get creative!
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10 Ways to Make it Fun! typography
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reativity leads to new ideas, new information, new hobbies, new interests, and so much more! Allowing our children to make messes, try new things, and let go of perfectionism can help foster a life long love of learning. It can help our children develop skills and talents they may not otherwise have known they possessed. And, most importantly, it can help our children become the unique people God intends them to be.

Here are ten simple ways to spark your kids’ creativity. Use these as jumping-off points for coming up with your own ideas or use them just as they are. So get creative thinking of ways to encourage creativity in your children!

Your kids can create a cell model with anything from a huge cookie (with candies to represent the parts of the cell) to Legos.

Learn how and why bubbles work. Try various recipes and see if you can improve on them. Try them in different temperatures and with all kinds of bubble wands. Get creative!
Most kids love playing games. You can find structured or open-ended games. There are games that require problem-solving, fine motor skills, or social skills. Many can be used to practice math skills, vocabulary, or even science or history facts.
4. Build a ladybug house (or another fun project).
Building things requires planning (make up your own building projects), possibly budgeting and a trip to the store, and following directions. A building project, such as this ladybug house, can often be related to books or subjects such as math, history, and science. And besides all that, it’s fun!
Soap carving can be as creative as you want it to be. It can relate to any topic or homeschool subject you choose. It’s inexpensive. And let’s face it, there aren’t many “messy” creative projects that will make your kids cleaner than they were to begin with!
Try coming up with creative ways to celebrate unofficial holidays such as Talk Like a Pirate Day. Or maybe Penguin Awareness Day. How about Do a Grouch a Favor Day? (You might not want to tell the recipient which holiday it is that you’re celebrating!) If you want to keep it a bit more educational, you could celebrate Handwriting Day, Haiku Poetry Day, or Astronomy Day. (I’ll be over here celebrating Chocolate Cake Day…)
7. Do all kinds of science-related activities.
Sometimes science requires creativity! Do some gardening, create your own science experiment, do experiments that allow a creative element, or think of all kinds of things to look at under a microscope.
8. Encourage creative writing.
Have your kids take a traditional fairy tale and make it modern by updating the setting, characters, and situations. Or work together to write down your family’s stories and experiences.
9. Make art from things you have around the house or things you can find in nature
Challenge your children to make something beautiful from what they have at home or can find outside. Make pictures from leaves, decorations from paper bags, puppets or animals from toilet paper tubes, plush toys from leftover bits of felt fabric, bookmarks or cards from leftover craft paper and cardstock, animals from pinecones, or puppets from wooden spoons!
10. Read a book and use it as inspiration for a craft or activity.
Read a picture book out loud with your children (even middle or high schoolers) and talk about the art included in the book. Learn more about the techniques and styles of art included. Create faux stained glass inspired by what you read. Make a meal or create a map related to the book.
Whatever you do, the most important thing to keep in mind is to enjoy your time getting creative with your kids!
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endy Hilton is an introverted extrovert who lives in the South. She’s been married to Scott, her high school sweetheart, for thirty years, and they have two adult children and one teenager who all homeschooled. She loves writing and editing, reading, and working out and teaching classes at her local gym. She also loves Jesus, her family, homeschooling, and her dog. To read more from Wendy, visit one of the websites she co-owns along with Trish Corlew. You’ll find her at Hip Homeschool Moms, Only Passionate Curiosity, and Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.